quote:Hate to be 'that guy,' but Andre Drummond's is 22.66. He's missing from the list.

No doubt Drummond has been great. Davis' biggest limitation right now is Drummond's biggest strength... he's a GROWN MAN.

He's physically better than 95% percent of the guys he faces. Davis will never have Drummond's body, but as he gets stronger he'll go from really good rookie to potentially great. Monty's said it, and its clear when you watch him, but Davis gets pushed around a lot. That's not a problem for Drummond. Davis does has way more offensive game than Drummond,though.

Drummond also has no responsibilities on his team. He comes off the bench knowing he's only gonna play 20 minutes, and he plays with his hair on fire that entire time. Conserving energy and fouls are no concern for him. With that said, I like how they're using him as a rookie and its gonna be interesting to see how he develops.

His FT shooting is devastatingly bad, though. When the time comes for them to actually be ready to count on him to win games, he's gonna be useless down the stretch.

quote:No doubt Drummond has been great. Davis' biggest limitation right now is Drummond's biggest strength... he's a GROWN MAN.

He's physically better than 95% percent of the guys he faces. Davis will never have Drummond's body, but as he gets stronger he'll go from really good rookie to potentially great. Monty's said it, and its clear when you watch him, but Davis gets pushed around a lot. That's not a problem for Drummond. Davis does has way more offensive game than Drummond,though.

Drummond also has no responsibilities on his team. He comes off the bench knowing he's only gonna play 20 minutes, and he plays with his hair on fire that entire time. Conserving energy and fouls are no concern for him. With that said, I like how they're using him as a rookie and its gonna be interesting to see how he develops.

His FT shooting is devastatingly bad, though. When the time comes for them to actually be ready to count on him to win games, he's gonna be useless down the stretch.

Nice post.

Really looking forward to the two Pistons/Hornets games over the next 4 weeks. I'll be at the NOA on March 1.

His productivity is largely based on his insane athleticism. He has a bit of Blake Griffin in him, with the body of Dwight Howard. Very fun to watch. Already a premier shot blocker and rebounder. Never out of position, always 'at the right spot' on the floor.

But his offensive game is incredibly raw. No post game. No jump shot. Mostly alley-oops and putbacks at this time.

Absolutely not. Drummond is a physical freak with no basketball skill. Bigs that can't shoot rarely turn it around so his ceiling is probably a Tyson Chandler top defensive center type of player.

Davis may not be as freakish but he's still a physical freak but he also has actual basketball skills both offensive and defensive that can be fine tuned over time. His ceiling is a Duncan/Garnett top 5 player in the league type.

A lot of physical freaks in the NBA aren't even half as good as Drummond is today.

quote:Bigs that can't shoot rarely turn it around

Shaq, Wilt, Dwight Howard all say "What's up?"

quote:Davis may not be as freakish but he's still a physical freak but he also has actual basketball skills both offensive and defensive that can be fine tuned over time. His ceiling is a Duncan/Garnett top 5 player in the league type.

Agreed. Davis, no doubt, can attain Duncan/Garnett status. He's gonna be a superstar.

Drummond's not even in the same conversation with those guys. Dwight Howard started in the NBA after coming straight out of high school, so his rookie year of 12/10 was Drummond's freshman year of college. In Dwight's 2nd year removed from High School he was averaging 16/12.

As a freshman at LSU Shaq only averaged 14/12, but in his 2nd year removed from high school he became dominant and averaged 27/15 and his rookie year in the league he averaged 23/14.

Drummond's 2nd year removed from high school he's not even starting and he's averaging 7/7. I'm not saying he's going to be a bad player, he may well end up being another Tyson Chandler, but if he was going to be a Super Star we'd know it already. The NBA has been following these guys since elementary school in many cases. They rarely miss on Super Stars.